diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
index 18af288..5362584 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callbacks.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 	if (context == NULL)
 		context = PyString_FromString("_ctypes.DllGetClassObject");
 
-	mod = PyImport_ImportModule("ctypes");
+	mod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("ctypes");
 	if (!mod) {
 		PyErr_WriteUnraisable(context ? context : Py_None);
 		/* There has been a warning before about this already */
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
 	if (context == NULL)
 		context = PyString_FromString("_ctypes.DllCanUnloadNow");
 
-	mod = PyImport_ImportModule("ctypes");
+	mod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("ctypes");
 	if (!mod) {
 /*		OutputDebugString("Could not import ctypes"); */
 		/* We assume that this error can only occur when shutting
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index e7c4bc1..a805b2d 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@
 update_lines_cols(void)
 {
   PyObject *o;
-  PyObject *m = PyImport_ImportModule("curses");
+  PyObject *m = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("curses");
 
   if (!m)
     return 0;
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h b/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
index 71c54f0..4005bcf 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 	static PyObject *cofunc = NULL;
 
 	if (cofunc == NULL) {
-		PyObject *mod = PyImport_ImportModule("_multibytecodec");
+		PyObject *mod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("_multibytecodec");
 		if (mod == NULL)
 			return NULL;
 		cofunc = PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, "__create_codec");
diff --git a/Modules/datetimemodule.c b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
index b94812b..83e547e 100644
--- a/Modules/datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@
 	if (_PyString_Resize(&newfmt, usednew) < 0)
 		goto Done;
 	{
-		PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+		PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
 		if (time == NULL)
 			goto Done;
 		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "strftime", "OO",
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@
 time_time(void)
 {
 	PyObject *result = NULL;
-	PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+	PyObject *time = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
 
 	if (time != NULL) {
 		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "time", "()");
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
 	PyObject *time;
 	PyObject *result = NULL;
 
-	time = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+	time = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
 	if (time != NULL) {
 		result = PyObject_CallMethod(time, "struct_time",
 					     "((iiiiiiiii))",
@@ -3827,7 +3827,7 @@
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss:strptime", &string, &format))
 		return NULL;
 
-	if ((module = PyImport_ImportModule("time")) == NULL)
+	if ((module = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time")) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	obj = PyObject_CallMethod(module, "strptime", "ss", string, format);
 	Py_DECREF(module);
diff --git a/Modules/gcmodule.c b/Modules/gcmodule.c
index 0edf523..522cc89 100644
--- a/Modules/gcmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gcmodule.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@
 	 * the import and triggers an assertion.
 	 */
 	if (tmod == NULL) {
-		tmod = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+		tmod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
 		if (tmod == NULL)
 			PyErr_Clear();
 	}
diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index 6c4a6ad..5764c24 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -3269,7 +3269,7 @@
      * If this fails, the import of this module will fail because an
      * exception will be raised here; should we clear the exception?
      */
-    copyreg = PyImport_ImportModule("copy_reg");
+    copyreg = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("copy_reg");
     if (copyreg != NULL) {
         PyObject *func, *pickler;
 
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 85725f4..696df0d 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -5651,7 +5651,7 @@
 		return posix_error();
 
 	if (struct_rusage == NULL) {
-		PyObject *m = PyImport_ImportModule("resource");
+		PyObject *m = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("resource");
 		if (m == NULL)
 			return NULL;
 		struct_rusage = PyObject_GetAttrString(m, "struct_rusage");
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.h b/Modules/socketmodule.h
index a4382ab..fb9ec67 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.h
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.h
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	void *api;
 
 	DPRINTF("Importing the %s C API...\n", apimodule);
-	mod = PyImport_ImportModule(apimodule);
+	mod = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(apimodule);
 	if (mod == NULL)
 		goto onError;
 	DPRINTF(" %s package found\n", apimodule);
diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index 842ce94..5b4d210 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 time_strptime(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *strptime_module = PyImport_ImportModule("_strptime");
+    PyObject *strptime_module = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("_strptime");
     PyObject *strptime_result;
 
     if (!strptime_module)
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@
 {
 	PyObject* m;
 
-	m = PyImport_ImportModule("time");
+	m = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("time");
 	if (m == NULL) {
 	    return NULL;
 	}
diff --git a/Modules/zipimport.c b/Modules/zipimport.c
index fe5e1b0..dec6091 100644
--- a/Modules/zipimport.c
+++ b/Modules/zipimport.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@
 			   let's avoid a stack overflow. */
 			return NULL;
 		importing_zlib = 1;
-		zlib = PyImport_ImportModule("zlib");	/* import zlib */
+		zlib = PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock("zlib");
 		importing_zlib = 0;
 		if (zlib != NULL) {
 			decompress = PyObject_GetAttrString(zlib,